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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 652 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.🎯 Are orange and blue a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) secondary colour
  3. 3.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) primary colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  4. 4.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow-orange (b) red-purple (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) blue-purple (b) red-purple (c) purple (d) yellow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and purple (c) red and green (d) orange and blue
  8. 8.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) blue and orange (c) red and purple (d) yellow and orange
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) green and yellow
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) red-orange (c) red (d) orange
  11. 11.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and purple (b) red and green (c) blue and green (d) red and purple
  15. 15.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) brighter (c) duller (d) paler
  16. 16.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and purple
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  19. 19.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) purple and yellow (c) blue and green (d) yellow and orange
  20. 20.True or false: red is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) blue and purple (d) blue and orange
  22. 22.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and purple (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  24. 24.True or false: green is the complementary colour of orange. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) red-purple
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and green a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and purple
  28. 28.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) in the centre (c) side by side (d) next to white
  29. 29.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: green is the complementary colour of green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  36. 36.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and purple (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and purple (b) green and yellow (c) red and green (d) blue and green
  39. 39.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and purple
  40. 40.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) blue and purple

Answer key

  1. complementary pair
  2. secondary colour
  3. dull, brownish colour
  4. False
  5. blue-purple
  6. yellow
  7. red and orange
  8. blue and orange
  9. green and yellow
  10. red
  11. True
  12. False
  13. False
  14. red and green
  15. brighter
  16. True
  17. yellow and purple
  18. purple and yellow
  19. purple and yellow
  20. True
  21. blue and orange
  22. orange
  23. yellow and purple
  24. False
  25. red-purple
  26. complementary pair
  27. blue and purple
  28. opposite each other
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. complementary pair
  36. True
  37. orange and blue
  38. red and green
  39. green and yellow
  40. blue and purple

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